Section 8 - Designated Court. - Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Act, 2019

Designated Court. 8. (1) The appropriate Government shall, with the concurrence of the Chief Justice of the concerned High Court, by notification, constitute one or more Courts known as the Designated Courts for such area or areas or such case or cases as may be specified in such notification, which shall be presided over by a Judge not below the rank of a District and Sessions Judge or Additional District and Sessions Judge. (2) No Court other than the Designated Court shall have jurisdiction in respect of any matter to which the provisions of this Act apply. (3) When trying an offence under this Act, the Designated Court may also try an offence, other than an offence under this Act, with which the accused may, under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974.), be charged at the same trial.